Comfortably Light

Rasty · Dec 14th 2013, 9:44pm

My take on Comfortably light backpacking.

3 Season
http://www.geargrams.com/list?id=10790

Southern Appalachian Winter
http://www.geargrams.com/list?id=10791

hikerboy · Dec 14th 2013, 9:51pm

i dont have a gram scale. if i post my stuff, can you weigh it for me?

Rasty · Dec 14th 2013, 9:53pm

hikerboy wrote:

i dont have a gram scale. if i post my stuff, can you weigh it for me?

Just mail it to me and I promise to weigh it and send it back

hikerboy · Dec 14th 2013, 10:03pm

y

Rasty wrote:

hikerboy wrote:

i dont have a gram scale. if i post my stuff, can you weigh it for me?

Just mail it to me and I promise to weigh it and send it back

yeeeaaah- ah-no!

Wise Old Owl · Dec 14th 2013, 10:05pm

Wow Rasty is that a Cheesecake Pie Chart.... really sophistcated.....

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Wise Old Owl · Dec 14th 2013, 11:11pm

Well Rasty - your gear List is awesome...

I won't rip the nylon there ...

Your knife sucks... move away from cheap stainless... you wont regret it.
dump the esbit to one for an emergency.
Cellphone is your camera
No MP3 - thats your cell
head net for bugs

was there a micro bic?

Honest.

Sarcasmtheelf · Dec 14th 2013, 11:50pm

Funny enough I just found a photo from the cafe hike last January. I was wearing my 70 liter pack that was only about 34lbs, standing just downhill was Lazarus with a pack that looked half the size.

[EDIT] I suppose I should actually read the thread before responding...

Rasty · Dec 15th 2013, 8:13pm

WiseOldOwl wrote:

Well Rasty - your gear List is awesome...

I won't rip the nylon there ...

Your knife sucks... move away from cheap stainless... you wont regret it.
dump the esbit to one for an emergency.
Cellphone is your camera
No MP3 - thats your cell
head net for bugs

was there a micro bic?

Honest.

The lighter is a full size + backup matches. I didn't include them because I did the list when I was still smoking and a lighter was attached to my pocket at all times. I know how to sharpen stainless steel and only use it for cutting sausage and cheese.

BirdBrain · Dec 16th 2013, 12:42pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhrPNp1yod4
3

milkman · Dec 17th 2013, 6:50pm

What's the brand name of that lightweight hammock sling like chair?

namtrag · Dec 17th 2013, 9:43pm

alite monarch?

milkman · Dec 17th 2013, 9:49pm

namtrag wrote:

alite monarch?

No, that's not it. It's just like a mini hammock. No frame or anything. You just hang it on a branch and I was just wondering if it could be hung from the trunk of a tree with a strap. I can't remember the name of the thing. If I remember right it weighed just a few ounces.

BirdBrain · Dec 17th 2013, 9:51pm

milkman wrote:

namtrag wrote:

alite monarch?

No, that's not it. It's just like a mini hammock. No frame or anything. You just hang it on a branch and I was just wondering if it could be hung from the trunk of a tree with a strap. I can't remember the name of the thing. If I remember right it weighed just a few ounces.

I think they call that a wedgy.

milkman · Dec 17th 2013, 9:56pm

BirdBrain wrote:

milkman wrote:

namtrag wrote:

alite monarch?

No, that's not it. It's just like a mini hammock. No frame or anything. You just hang it on a branch and I was just wondering if it could be hung from the trunk of a tree with a strap. I can't remember the name of the thing. If I remember right it weighed just a few ounces.

I think they call that a wedgy.

That things huge.
http://www.zurifurniture.com/living/wedge-swivel-chair?gclid=COTq4MXiuLsCFWRk7AodiTMAKA
And if you ain't careful when we me I'm gonna give you a swirly.

BirdBrain · Dec 17th 2013, 9:59pm

milkman wrote:

BirdBrain wrote:

milkman wrote:

namtrag wrote:

alite monarch?

No, that's not it. It's just like a mini hammock. No frame or anything. You just hang it on a branch and I was just wondering if it could be hung from the trunk of a tree with a strap. I can't remember the name of the thing. If I remember right it weighed just a few ounces.

I think they call that a wedgy.

That things huge.
http://www.zurifurniture.com/living/wedge-swivel-chair?gclid=COTq4MXiuLsCFWRk7AodiTMAKA
And if you ain't careful when we me I'm gonna give you a swirly.

You probably could do it too...... if you could catch me.

milkman · Dec 17th 2013, 10:01pm

BirdBrain wrote:

milkman wrote:

BirdBrain wrote:

milkman wrote:

namtrag wrote:

alite monarch?

No, that's not it. It's just like a mini hammock. No frame or anything. You just hang it on a branch and I was just wondering if it could be hung from the trunk of a tree with a strap. I can't remember the name of the thing. If I remember right it weighed just a few ounces.

I think they call that a wedgy.

That things huge.
http://www.zurifurniture.com/living/wedge-swivel-chair?gclid=COTq4MXiuLsCFWRk7AodiTMAKA
And if you ain't careful when we me I'm gonna give you a swirly.

You probably could do it too...... if you could catch me.

I'll bait you with cheesecake.

BirdBrain · Dec 17th 2013, 10:05pm

I like free cookies.

milkman · Dec 17th 2013, 10:09pm

BirdBrain wrote:

I like free cookies.
I hear you are a master at that.

That's right. Stick with me kid. When we come to a road crossing and they don't offer us free cookies, we'll just take 'em.

BirdBrain · Dec 17th 2013, 10:12pm

milkman wrote:

BirdBrain wrote:

I like free cookies.
I hear you are a master at that.

That's right. Stick with me kid. When we come to a road crossing and they don't offer us free cookies, we'll just take 'em.

I tried to erase the innuendo but you were to fast.

milkman · Dec 17th 2013, 10:16pm

Well, do you know the name of that dang chair I'm talkin' about or not?

BirdBrain · Dec 17th 2013, 10:23pm

milkman wrote:

Well, do you know the name of that dang chair I'm talkin' about or not? :S[/quote
No. But I will research it.

milkman · Dec 17th 2013, 10:27pm

BirdBrain wrote:

milkman wrote:

Well, do you know the name of that dang chair I'm talkin' about or not? :S[/quote
No. But I will research it.

I've been plugging in everything I can think of. Whoopie sling chair, hammock chair, etc.

BirdBrain · Dec 17th 2013, 10:44pm

m.youtube.com/watch?list=PL181F32B1D0667AAF&v=TXOFR1DjRRw&index=3&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DTXOFR1DjRRw%26list%3DPL181F32B1D0667AAF%26index%3D3

BirdBrain · Dec 17th 2013, 10:45pm

Did not work via phone. Search YouTube "a simple sling chair"

milkman · Dec 17th 2013, 10:47pm

k

BirdBrain · Dec 17th 2013, 10:47pm

Made by hog on ice.

milkman · Dec 17th 2013, 10:58pm

BirdBrain wrote:

Made by hog on ice.

I've got it. The one with Sgt. Rock doin' the demo.

namtrag · Dec 18th 2013, 5:38am

http://www.outdoortrailgear.com/featured/5-in-1-jerry-chair/

Trillium · Dec 18th 2013, 9:01pm

BirdBrain wrote:

I like free cookies.

I would be happy to send you some cookies. I have truly been enjoying the Maine trip thread. But I stopped reading after you called me (and others who don't care to read profanity) a weenie. That was bad enough, then someone else called me a humourless liberal. Sticks and stones but I don't particularly care to be ridiculed. Sucks the joy right out of the experience.

BirdBrain · Dec 18th 2013, 9:11pm

Trillium wrote:

BirdBrain wrote:

I like free cookies.

I would be happy to send you some cookies. I have truly been enjoying the Maine trip thread. But I stopped reading after you called me (and others who don't care to read profanity) a weenie. That was bad enough, then someone else called me a humourless liberal. Sticks and stones but I don't particularly care to be ridiculed. Sucks the joy right out of the experience.

I am truly sorry. There has been a misunderstanding. I am a weenie that does not like profanity. I never intended to call anyone else one. Honest. I get silly and laugh at self and don't express things perfectly at times. I honestly was referring to myself.

milkman · Dec 18th 2013, 9:38pm

BirdBrain wrote:

Trillium wrote:

BirdBrain wrote:

I like free cookies.

I would be happy to send you some cookies. I have truly been enjoying the Maine trip thread. But I stopped reading after you called me (and others who don't care to read profanity) a weenie. That was bad enough, then someone else called me a humourless liberal. Sticks and stones but I don't particularly care to be ridiculed. Sucks the joy right out of the experience.

I am truly sorry. There has been a misunderstanding. I am a weenie that does not like profanity. I never intended to call anyone else one. Honest. I get silly and laugh at self and don't express things perfectly at times. I honestly was referring to myself.

You better say something else. You're sitting on post 666. If you stay there too long something bad will happen. :evil:

BirdBrain · Dec 18th 2013, 9:43pm

milkman wrote:

BirdBrain wrote:

Trillium wrote:

BirdBrain wrote:

I like free cookies.

I would be happy to send you some cookies. I have truly been enjoying the Maine trip thread. But I stopped reading after you called me (and others who don't care to read profanity) a weenie. That was bad enough, then someone else called me a humourless liberal. Sticks and stones but I don't particularly care to be ridiculed. Sucks the joy right out of the experience.

I am truly sorry. There has been a misunderstanding. I am a weenie that does not like profanity. I never intended to call anyone else one. Honest. I get silly and laugh at self and don't express things perfectly at times. I honestly was referring to myself.

You better say something else. You're sitting on post 666. If you stay there too long something bad will happen.

Something bad already happened. I offended my biggest fan. I was referring to me over and over as a weenie that does not like profanity.

Trillium · Dec 18th 2013, 10:49pm

BirdBrain wrote:

Trillium wrote:

BirdBrain wrote:

I like free cookies.

I would be happy to send you some cookies. I have truly been enjoying the Maine trip thread. But I stopped reading after you called me (and others who don't care to read profanity) a weenie. That was bad enough, then someone else called me a humourless liberal. Sticks and stones but I don't particularly care to be ridiculed. Sucks the joy right out of the experience.

I am truly sorry. There has been a misunderstanding. I am a weenie that does not like profanity. I never intended to call anyone else one. Honest. I get silly and laugh at self and don't express things perfectly at times. I honestly was referring to myself.

Thank you for clarifying, I obviously misunderstood. Sorry for taking so long to reply. Watching Mary Poppins and then my daughter called and we talked about the schedule for next week when she's here and also Downton Abbey so it took me awhile to get back. We're all good. Looking forward to catching up on Maine thread.

1azarus · Dec 19th 2013, 4:38pm

I know i am easily excited... but i am really excited now!!! i just got off the phone with the engineer/owner of Fluke ukuleles... i know him cause i play in his father in law's old man's ukulele band (yes, i am an old man). they make a soprano uke (the smallest...) which weighs 14 ounces... he's agreed to try to make modifications toward a dream-for-it target weight of 8 ounces. freekin unbelievable. light enough so i would even carry it. he just said to me that the lighter the instrument the better, acoustically. what a neat thing to have a backpacker instrument that actually sounds as good as the real thing.

1azarus · Dec 19th 2013, 4:39pm

this is where you reply with comments like " yeah, cause the real thing sounds like what is the rating of this thread?"

AnotherKevin · Dec 19th 2013, 6:19pm

I think that in the right circumstances, music on the trail is pretty cool. I'd be nervous about trying to carry a string instrument because they're pretty delicate - in particular, they're sensitive to changes in temperature and humidity. Of course we never get those on the trail, oh no sirree, never...

I'm also sure that if I carried any kind of instrument, I'd promptly take a header, land on my pack and crush it. Because that's how my luck runs.

And carrying a ukulele into Harriman isn't going to ruin anyone's wilderness experience, because you don't get a wilderness experience in suburbia. Even if it seemed like wilderness to me when I first went there as a city kid.

Socks · Jan 26th 2014, 9:22am

1azarus wrote:

I know i am easily excited... but i am really excited now!!! i just got off the phone with the engineer/owner of Fluke ukuleles... i know him cause i play in his father in law's old man's ukulele band (yes, i am an old man). they make a soprano uke (the smallest...) which weighs 14 ounces... he's agreed to try to make modifications toward a dream-for-it target weight of 8 ounces. freekin unbelievable. light enough so i would even carry it. he just said to me that the lighter the instrument the better, acoustically. what a neat thing to have a backpacker instrument that actually sounds as good as the real thing.

Now that's interesting Laz...My Pop and his friend also a Luthier both agreed that my Dads instruments are built stronger and heavier and will be around a long time, but his buddy's sound better and are lighter. I've played them both and agree. Must be something about the harmonics or resonance frequencies. I look forward to see what Jumpin comes up with.

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